Thursday, March 1, 2012

The Harmattan has begun

February 6th

I had trouble sleeping because of the wind blowing all night. When I woke up I had a text from Emily about the Zombie Apocalypse outside. I got up and lo and behold! Everything was shrouded in what appeared to be fog, I couldn't see much further than the coffee shack behind my wall. With the terrible gusts of wind that had been torturing me all night, I knew the truth – this was dust. Since I didn't have anything in particular to do, I took advantage and left my house exactly twice, to water my garden. I watched visible clouds of dust puff into my house through the screen door, and was in a very unhappy mood indeed, watching the floor and house I just dusted and mopped yesterday become inundated in a layer twice as thick as what built up all last week. So tragic! Welcome to the windy season.

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About Me

Born in Colorado, undergrad in Massachusetts, spent 2 years working with the Peace Corps in West Africa. Somewhere along the way I fell for the desert. Although I'm currently a grad student in Tennessee, I hope to someday make my home in the sunny southwest, at least until the next adventure.

Where to find me!

Jessica Suhowatsky, PCV

S/c Corps de la Paix

01 B.P. 6031

Ouagadougou 01, Burkina Faso

I've decided to keep the same address for now, and anything you mail at this address will be held until I can get to Ouaga to pick it up. This might not happen more often than once every month or two so I might be a little slow to respond but I promise I will! Packages and letters arrive intact (sometimes late, but intact) - the strategy of addressing in red or putting religious symbols on the outside is apparently not as useful in Burkina as it is in other countries. International flat-rate boxes seem to be the easiest and often the least expensive option. You probably shouldn't value the contents at more than $40, and list them as "Educational Materials".